The Making of the Poema de Mio Cid

by Colin Smith

The Poema de mio Cid is in all respects a major text of early Spanish literature and an epic of great power. Its origins and authorship have long been a subject of dispute among scholars and this book, firmly based on rigorous research, proposes the view that the Poema was a wholly new work of the early thirteenth century written by a single author, Per Abad. The author argues that it was the first epic to be composed in Castilian and he examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521155193
• ISBN13: 9780521155199
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"